With the rise of the screen printing industry, thank you Mondo, we've seen a lot upstarts come into the picture over the years but as with all industries, not everyone makes it. Odd City Entertainment wasn't meant to last, though you can still find their old inventory on ebay. Dark Hall Mansion has scaled way, way back. Have they closed up shop? DaVinci's Dreams seems to have been a short lived venture, but there is still a facebook page for a Big Trouble In Little China commission. Maybe they aren't dead? Who else came and went?

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Sorry, galleries. I never think of these places as such because, well I never go to them. In my mind they're just online businesses. You figure with as much Mondo as I have in my house I'd have actually stepped foot in the place or visited a booth. Maybe one day. Hey Mondo, visit the Ohio Valley! There's more to the world than San Diego and Texas! 8 P

The small business thing, yeah, it's brutal out there. I have no clue what licencing fees must run but I suppose it's the first hurdle, then artists, then the waiting, then the printing, then getting people to buy it when the market is flooded with stuff every week. Pray to a deity that your print doesn't suck. It seems like commission groups have kind of killed off the need for so many pop culture print providers. Why wait for a gallery to get around to your favorite film when you can just do it yourself?

Then there are places like Hero Complex Gallery which seem to survive on volume. Also, they seem to shrug off the 'officially licenced' thing. They have dozens of prints for films with all the actors which is pretty rare. Are they just saying 'f that jazz' and making things regardless?

And DHM, I saw what happened to their Willy Wonka release. I think that may have been the nail in the coffin for them.

It seems like a lot of these places don't really announce things. They just quietly shut down. I have no idea if Dark Hall is really gone. Their site is still up and you can apparently still buy their older inventory, but they haven't had many major releases recently and their Willy Wonka print seemed like it had some issues.